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On the recordSeptember 5, 2017
For every $1 that is paid into Medicare through the payroll tax, beneficiaries get $3 in benefits.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson discusses the unsustainability of Medicare.

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